Deinococcus Brooks & Murray, 1981 emend. Rainey et al., 1997 Dataset Catalogue of Life Rank GENUS Classification kingdom Bacteria phylum Deinococcus-Thermus class Deinococci order Deinococcales family Deinococcaceae genus Deinococcus Name Synonyms Deinobacter Oyaizu et al., 1987 Homonyms Deinococcus Brooks & Murray, 1981 emend. Rainey et al., 1997